1542

ARBORETUM AND FRUTTCETUM.

FART III.

distantly marked with 3 or 4 minute teeth, entire towards the base. Foot-stalks short, rather slender, downy; midrib and veins prominent. Stipuleson short footstalks, ovate, sloping off at one side. Catkins numerous,recurved, above J in. in length.

a 57. S. zILAternoi'des Forbes. The Alaternus-like Willow .

Identification. Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 76.

The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob. “ I have not met with a male plant."(Forbes.)

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 76.; and our fig. 76. in p. 1618.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, pointed; villous above,hairy and white beneath. Stipules ovate, serrated. Catkins 1 in. long,thick, and obtuse. Ovary ovate, subulate, silky, stalked. Style shorterthan the linear undivided stigmas. (Sal, Wob., p. 151.) A native of Swit-zerland . Introduced in 1824, and flowering in April and May. A low, up-right, bushy shrub, growing, in theWoburn collection, to the height of 5 ft. or6 ft., with slender, round, pubescent, reddish branches, dark green after thefirst year. Leaves from 1 in. to Ia in. long, or perhaps more; about |in.in breadth ; elliptic-lanceolate, or somewhat obovate, pointed, entire, dullgreen and villous above, whitish and densely hairy beneath; reticulated,with a pale midrib. Catkins 1 in. long, appearing before the leaves. Thereare plants at Woburn Abbey and in the Hackney arboretum.

» ? 2 58. S. protejefo'lij Schl. The Protea-leaved Willow.

Identification. Schleicher, quoted in Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2., p. 419.; Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 75.

Synonymes. Erroneously referred to S. ambigua in Hook. Br. FI., ed 2. ( Borrer MSS.)

The Sexes. The female is described and figured in Sal. Wob.

Engravings. Sal. Wob., No. 75. j and our fig. 15. in p. 1617.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptical, entire ; villous above, white and silky be-neath. Stipules ovate, silky. Catkins thick, obtuse. Ovary stalked, ovate,silky. Bractea obovate, silky. Stigmas undivided. (Sal. Wob., p. 149.) Anative of Switzerland . Introduced in 1820; flowering in April and May.This is a handsome upright-growing shrub, or low tree, attaining the heightof 12 ft., although only four years planted. Branches of a brownish greenfuscous colour, somewhat downy, but ultimately becoming smooth; theyoung twigs are of a yellow purple, pubescent, and soft to the touch.Leaves elliptic, about 1J in. long; dull green and villous above, whitish andsilky beneath, and reticulated with large prominent veins; the young leaveshave rather a silky silvery appearance; while the old ones become morefirm and pubescent, their margins entire, or sometimes very distinctlymarked with shallow serratures. Catkins about 1 in. long. A very orna-mental plant, but not fit for cultivation for economical purposes. Thereare plants at Woburn Abbey , Henfield, and Flitwick House, and also inthe Goldworth Arboretum.

Group xiii. Reticulates Borrer.

The characteristics of this group, as adopted in Hook. Br. FI., are not describe ,because it consists of only one species, the S. reticulata L., and the charac-teristics of this species may be deemed representative of those of the group.

-* 59. S. reticula'ta L. The netted, or wrinkled, leaved, Willow .

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1446.; Wiild. Sp. PI., 4. p. 685.; Smith in Rees’s Cyclo., No. 75.,Comm., p. 62.: Du Haro. Arb.,ed. l.,-3. p. 132.; Smith Eng. Bot, t. 1908.; Eng. rJ-, *•!p-Forbes in Sal. Wob., No. 67.; Hook. Br. FI., ed. 2., p.419.; Hayne Abbild., p.236,; n™Aust, 1. p. 33.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 610. , Tr jbhil

The Sexes. Both sexes are figured in Eng. Bot., and Sal. Wob., Host Sal. Aust., and gIt may be inferred that both are not difficultly obtainable in the wild localities of thespw •-oEngravings. Lin. FI. Lapp., ed. 2., t. 3. f. 1., t. 7. f. 1, 2.; FI. Dan., t. 212.; Hoftn. ^ bbild . (t. 25—27.; Du Ham. Arb.,ed. 1,3. t. 32.; Eng. Bot, 11908.; Sal. Wob., No. 67.; Hayne at. 178.; Host Sal. Austr., 1. t. 105.; our Jig. 1323. ; and fig. 67. in p, 1616.